Patents by Inventor Yi-Chuan Liu

Yi-Chuan Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210049952
    Abstract: A LED driving apparatus with clock embedded cascaded LED drivers is introduced, including: a plurality of LED drivers, wherein the first stage LED driver receives an original display data signal and outputs a first display data signal, the Nth stage LED driver receives a (N?1)th display data signal and outputs a Nth display data signal. The Nth stage LED driver includes a clock data recovery circuit generating a recovery clock signal and a recovery data signal according to a first phase difference between the (N?1)th display data signal and the recovery clock signal; and a first transmitter outputting the Nth display data signal according to the recovery clock signal and the recovery data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Che-Wei Yeh, Keko-Chun Liang, Yu-Hsiang Wang, Yong-Ren Fang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: 10832627
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a source driver of the display apparatus and an operating method of the source driver are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, at least one gate driver and a plurality of source drivers. The display panel includes a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines. A plurality of output terminals of the gate driver are coupled to the gate lines in one-to-one manner. A plurality of output terminals of the source drivers are coupled to the source lines in one-to-one manner to provide a plurality of source driving voltages to the source lines. The source driving voltages include different coarse compensation voltages. The coarse compensation voltages are respectively configured based on distances between the source drivers which control the source lines and input terminals of the gate lines of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20200202776
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for noise reduction are introduced. The method comprises steps of sensing a first pixel signal being superimposed by noises from a first pixel through a first sensing line in a first phase of a sensing operation and sensing a first noise signal from the first sensing line in a second phase of the sensing operation. The method further comprises steps of sensing a second noise signal from a second sensing line in the first phase of the sensing operation, and sensing a third noise signal from the second sensing line in the second phase of the sensing operation. The method further removes the noises that are superimposed to the first pixel signal according to a difference between the first pixel signal and the first noise signal and a difference between the second noise signal and the third noise signal to generate a denoised sensing value of the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Keko-Chun Liang, Yu-Hsiang Wang, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yi-Chuan Liu, Ju-Lin Huang
  • Publication number: 20200204743
    Abstract: A video transmission system is disclosed. The video transmission system comprises a multi-drop bus, a first source driving chip, a second source driving chip and a timing controller. The first source driving chip comprises a first source driving circuit and a first terminal circuit. The first terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the first source driving circuit for providing a first terminal resistor. The second source driving chip comprises a second source driving circuit and a second terminal circuit. The second terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the second source driving circuit for providing a second terminal resistor. The timing controller is coupled to the first source driving chip and the second source driving chip via the multi-drop bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou CHENG, Yi-Chuan LIU, Hung-Cheng HSIAO, Ying-Wen CHOU
  • Patent number: 10616505
    Abstract: A video transmission system is disclosed. The video transmission system comprises a multi-drop bus, a first source driving chip, a second source driving chip and a timing controller. The first source driving chip comprises a first source driving circuit and a first terminal circuit. The first terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the first source driving circuit for providing a first terminal resistor. The second source driving chip comprises a second source driving circuit and a second terminal circuit. The second terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the second source driving circuit for providing a second terminal resistor. The timing controller is coupled to the first source driving chip and the second source driving chip via the multi-drop bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yi-Chuan Liu, Hung-Cheng Hsiao, Ying-Wen Chou
  • Patent number: 10163416
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a driving method of the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver circuit, and a source driver circuit. During a functional sub-period of a frame period, the gate driver circuit simultaneously drives a plurality of gate lines, and the source driver circuit drives a plurality of source lines, so as to perform a function on a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines. In a scan sub-period of the frame period, the gate driver circuit drives the gate lines according to a scan sequence, and the source driver circuit correspondingly drives the source lines according to the scan sequence of the gate driver circuit in the first scan sub-period, so as to display an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chieh-An Lin, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Po-Hsiang Fang, Po-Yu Tseng, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: 9875707
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a gate driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel and a gate driver. The display panel has a plurality of gate lines. Output terminals of the gate driver are coupled to the gate lines in a one-to-one manner. The gate driver is configured to drive the gate lines according to a scrambled scan sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Po-Hsiang Fang, Po-Yu Tseng, Chieh-An Lin, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: 9875700
    Abstract: A source driver utilized for a display device and switching between two operational modes includes a reception module for receiving a plurality of display information and a plurality of transmission channels. Each transmission channel includes a register module for receiving one of the plurality of display information; a voltage level transformer for determining a voltage level of the one of display information; a polarization digital-to-analog converter for processing a digital-to-analog operation for the voltage level of the one display information; and an output module for outputting a plurality of voltage levels of the display information. The voltage levels of every two adjacent transmission channels include different polarization of voltage levels, and the output module processes an odd-number switching operation before outputting the plurality of voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yueh-Hsun Tsai, Yi-Chuan Liu, Yueh-Hsiu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180018928
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a source driver of the display apparatus and an operating method of the source driver are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, at least one gate driver and a plurality of source drivers. The display panel includes a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines. A plurality of output terminals of the gate driver are coupled to the gate lines in one-to-one manner. A plurality of output terminals of the source drivers are coupled to the source lines in one-to-one manner to provide a plurality of source driving voltages to the source lines. The source driving voltages include different coarse compensation voltages. The coarse compensation voltages are respectively configured based on distances between the source drivers which control the source lines and input terminals of the gate lines of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20170366759
    Abstract: A video transmission system is disclosed. The video transmission system comprises a multi-drop bus, a first source driving chip, a second source driving chip and a timing controller. The first source driving chip comprises a first source driving circuit and a first terminal circuit. The first terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the first source driving circuit for providing a first terminal resistor. The second source driving chip comprises a second source driving circuit and a second terminal circuit. The second terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the second source driving circuit for providing a second terminal resistor. The timing controller is coupled to the first source driving chip and the second source driving chip via the multi-drop bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou CHENG, Yi-Chuan LIU, Hung-Cheng HSIAO, Ying-Wen CHOU
  • Patent number: 9800800
    Abstract: A video transmission system is disclosed. The video transmission system comprises a multi-drop bus, a first source driving chip, a second source driving chip and a timing controller. The first source driving chip comprises a first source driving circuit and a first terminal circuit. The first terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the first source driving circuit for providing a first terminal resistor. The second source driving chip comprises a second source driving circuit and a second terminal circuit. The second terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the second source driving circuit for providing a second terminal resistor. The timing controller is coupled to the first source driving chip and the second source driving chip via the multi-drop bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yi-Chuan Liu, Hung-Cheng Hsiao, Ying-Wen Chou
  • Patent number: 9659539
    Abstract: A gate driver, a display apparatus having the same, and a gate driving method are provided. The display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a data driver circuit, and a gate driver circuit. The gate driver circuit includes M groups of gate channels. Each of the M groups of gate channels includes a control circuit and an output buffer. The control circuit receives a power supply voltage from a power supply circuit and generates a modulated supply voltage. The output buffer is connected to the control circuit, the output buffer is powered by the modulated supply voltage to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel, wherein a driving pulse of the gate signal is shaped during a charge period according to the modulated supply voltage, and the shape of the driving pulse of the gate signal is maintained during a pre-charge period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Po-Yu Tseng, Chieh-An Lin, Po-Hsiang Fang, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: 9626925
    Abstract: A source driver apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. The source driver apparatus can drive a plurality of source lines of a display panel, wherein the display panel further comprising a gate driver apparatus. The source driver apparatus includes driving channels and a delay control circuit. The driving channels output source driving signals. The delay control circuit controls the driving channels to change delay times of the source driving signals within the same period, such that the delay times of the source driving signals respectively correspond to distances from the source lines to the gate driver apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Po-Hsiang Fang, Chieh-An Lin, Po-Yu Tseng, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20170018242
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a driving method of the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver circuit, and a source driver circuit. During a functional sub-period of a frame period, the gate driver circuit simultaneously drives a plurality of gate lines, and the source driver circuit drives a plurality of source lines, so as to perform a function on a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines. In a scan sub-period of the frame period, the gate driver circuit drives the gate lines according to a scan sequence, and the source driver circuit correspondingly drives the source lines according to the scan sequence of the gate driver circuit in the first scan sub-period, so as to display an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Chieh-An Lin, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Po-Hsiang Fang, Po-Yu Tseng, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20160335970
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a gate driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel and a gate driver. The display panel has a plurality of gate lines. Output terminals of the gate driver are coupled to the gate lines in a one-to-one manner. The gate driver is configured to drive the gate lines according to a scrambled scan sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Po-Hsiang Fang, Po-Yu Tseng, Chieh-An Lin, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20160307529
    Abstract: A gate driver, a display apparatus having the same, and a gate driving method are provided. The display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a data driver circuit, and a gate driver circuit. The gate driver circuit includes M groups of gate channels. Each of the M groups of gate channels includes a control circuit and an output buffer. The control circuit receives a power supply voltage from a power supply circuit and generates a modulated supply voltage. The output buffer is connected to the control circuit, the output buffer is powered by the modulated supply voltage to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel, wherein a driving pulse of the gate signal is shaped during a charge period according to the modulated supply voltage, and the shape of the driving pulse of the gate signal is maintained during a pre-charge period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Po-Yu Tseng, Chieh-An Lin, Po-Hsiang Fang, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20160284297
    Abstract: A source driver apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. The source driver apparatus can drive a plurality of source lines of a display panel, wherein the display panel further comprising a gate driver apparatus. The source driver apparatus includes driving channels and a delay control circuit. The driving channels output source driving signals. The delay control circuit controls the driving channels to change delay times of the source driving signals within the same period, such that the delay times of the source driving signals respectively correspond to distances from the source lines to the gate driver apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Po-Hsiang Fang, Chieh-An Lin, Po-Yu Tseng, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20150326813
    Abstract: A video transmission system is disclosed. The video transmission system comprises a multi-drop bus, a first source driving chip, a second source driving chip and a timing controller. The first source driving chip comprises a first source driving circuit and a first terminal circuit. The first terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the first source driving circuit for providing a first terminal resistor. The second source driving chip comprises a second source driving circuit and a second terminal circuit. The second terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the second source driving circuit for providing a second terminal resistor. The timing controller is coupled to the first source driving chip and the second source driving chip via the multi-drop bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou CHENG, Yi-Chuan LIU, Hung-Cheng HSIAO, Ying-Wen CHOU
  • Publication number: 20150116193
    Abstract: A source driver utilized for a display device and switching between two operational modes includes a reception module for receiving a plurality of display information and a plurality of transmission channels. Each transmission channel includes a register module for receiving one of the plurality of display information; a voltage level transformer for determining a voltage level of the one of display information; a polarization digital-to-analog converter for processing a digital-to-analog operation for the voltage level of the one display information; and an output module for outputting a plurality of voltage levels of the display information. The voltage levels of every two adjacent transmission channels include different polarization of voltage levels, and the output module processes an odd-number switching operation before outputting the plurality of voltage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yueh-Hsun Tsai, Yi-Chuan Liu, Yueh-Hsiu Liu
  • Publication number: 20140375620
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a source driver thereof are disclosed. The source driver includes a temperature sensor and a power switch. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a first working temperature of the source driver, and generate an over-temperature protection enable signal by comparing the first working temperature with a preset temperature. The power switch is coupled to a power transmission path for a core circuit of the source driver to receive an operating power, and configured to turn on or cut off the power transmission path according to the over-temperature protection enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung Chen, Jen-Chieh Hu, Ju-Lin Huang, Yi-Chuan Liu, Jhih-Siou Cheng